A History of Agriculture in India v1.c14.5

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The birthplace of the Neolithic agricultural revolution was the hilly region embracing Israel, Jordan, Anatolia, Iraq, the Caspian Basin and the adjoining Iranian plateau. It is in this region that wild ancestors of two major cereals, wheat and barley, and of domesticated animals like goat, sheep, pig, and cattle (*Bos primigenius*), are found. Thus, apart from the fertile soil, all the requirements of mixed farming, which include agriculture and stock-raising, were present in this region (Fig. 49).